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A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
18 Apr 2012
On April 4th 2012, the Open Society Foundation in New York hosted a panel discussion to explore what impact secret governmental operations are having on America's democratic processes, and whether decisions that are being made behind closed doors are helping or harming the country's national security.
Former National Security Agency (NSA) employee, Thomas Drake, who turned whistleblower, contends that 9/11 became a profit centre for the NSA and many companies aligned with the military industrial complex, where the dominant thinking post 9/11 became, "How much money can we make off this crisis?"
To watch the entire panel discussion on the FORA.tv website, please click here.
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